In the report submitted by comrades from the Ministry of Commerce, Morrison felt that once the Sino-Soviet economic and trade negotiations got down to specific details, the atmosphere easily became Soviet. There was nothing Morrison could do about this. The economic policy of the Republic of China government was based on cultivating

China's social consumption capacity is the core, and production factors must be taken into account in pricing.

The Soviet Union had its own set of economic thinking. Since there was no free market impact on resource allocation, the gap between the thinking of China and the Soviet Union was very large. However, these differences did not prevent the continuous improvement of trade between the two sides. After all, Sino-Soviet trade had an impact on both economies.

Quite positive. Regular meetings have now been formed in April, October, and once every six months.

According to custom, Morrison exchanged trade lists with the Soviet Commerce and Trade Commissioner. The so-called "list" was not just a few pages, but several thick volumes. Naturally, these involved comrades in charge of these tasks. Morrison and the Soviet Union

Trade Commissioner Gulayev went to a small room next to him to drink tea and chat.

The tea was Darjeeling black tea made into tea cakes. Looking at the other party enjoying it, Mori Xun asked: "Comrade Gulayev, I wonder what your country's suggestions are for my country's proposal to expand cotton production in Central Asia." view?"

Compared with Anhua black tea made into tea cakes, Darjeeling black tea is undoubtedly more delicious. Commissioner Gulayev did not immediately answer the question about Central Asian cotton. Instead, after drinking a whole cup, he asked: "I don't know.

Can this tea be put on the trade list?”

"Of course." Morrison replied readily. After liberating Assam, of course, we must find a market for local tea farmers. Compared with China's high-quality black tea, Assam black tea has a certain gap. But Assam

Darjeeling black tea also has its own advantages, that is, uniform quality and large enough output. The Soviet Union has a population of over 100 million and is a very important market for China. Darjeeling black tea is naturally included in the commodity list.

Hearing this answer, Gulayev felt that at least there was a new achievement that was icing on the cake this time, and he was very happy. Since the founding of the Soviet Union, it has faced a very bad strategic posture. In addition to Turkey in the south in order to develop its domestic economy,

In addition to blatantly expressing military threats to the Soviet Union, countries in Eastern Europe and Northern Europe have expressed sufficient malice towards the Soviet Union.

In order to unite the Soviet people, the Soviet people must feel the superiority of socialism. Even if the living standards in the Soviet Union are not as good as those in Western Europe, the Soviet Union does not directly border with Western Europe. As long as the Soviet people feel that their current life is worse than that of Tsarist Russia, and it is getting better year by year. A better year is enough to inspire the Soviet people's confidence in building a country.

At this time, China, which had gradually deepened its relationship of mutual trust with the Soviet Union, unexpectedly provided very good help in light industrial products. When Comrade Lenin was alive, Sino-Soviet trade was in charge of Comrade Stalin. Comrade Stalin's strategic judgment has received a lot of

High praise from people.

"We have increased the cotton planting area this year. As for the output, it depends on this year's results." Gulayev gave Moritzun a clear answer.

The Soviets were indeed very rough in many things. Morrison felt that judging from this answer, there was probably no need to expect any dramatic growth in the Soviet Union's cotton exports to China.

In this case, we have to move on to the next directional question, "Comrade Gulayev, we hope to increase Sino-Soviet cooperation in the industrial field. This cooperation can be more reflected in the trade of mechanical parts."

Gulayev couldn't help but sit up straight. This was something he had never thought of before. The Soviet Union was officially founded in 1922, and He Rui unified China in 1923. This year is only 1926, and the trade between the two sides has basically been

The Soviet Union's mineral resources are exchanged for China's light industrial products, as well as temperate and subtropical specialties. I heard Morrison mention industrial product trade. Although this is a good thing, it is also an area that the Soviet Union has not really considered at this stage.

Imagining Comrade Stalin's possible comments on this proposal, Gurayev finally decided to discuss it, "Comrade Morrison, what industrial fields do you think can be cooperated with?"

After receiving a positive response, Morrison became more confident, "I think cooperation can be carried out in all industrial fields, including the manufacturing of complete and uncompleted technical equipment."

"Do you want us to jointly develop it?" Gulayev asked.

"If the Soviet Union is willing to provide you with the heavy industrial technology, we in China can conduct research and development on it ourselves." Morrison deliberately emphasized that the Soviet Union did not need to invest resources. As a British man, Morrison could understand the Soviet Union's thoughts on Europe.

In the past, although Europe was the enemy of the Soviet Union from a strategic perspective, Russia has been importing technology from Europe since Peter the Great. Over hundreds of years, Russia has formed a mentality. European technology and equipment are indeed more advanced.

In the past several negotiations, Morrison was able to confirm that this mentality has not faded in the Soviet Union. Therefore, the Soviet Union has a strange mentality. When Soviet scientists research and develop technologies on their own, they will have many unconstrained ideas.

Wonderful idea. Once they discuss cooperating with China to develop technology, the Soviet Union has a completely unreasonable resistance, believing that this kind of cooperation cannot produce technology that surpasses Europe.

Since the Soviet Union was so awkward, Mori did not consider inviting the Soviet Union to invest together. He just hoped that the Soviet Union would provide the technology they had. The Chinese scientific community is very confident in scientific research, especially in the fields of Chinese pharmaceuticals and some chemical industries, which have led the world.

After the results, the confidence in the industrial sector has become much stronger.

Just as Morrison expected, after hearing that he did not have to pay, Soviet Trade Commissioner Gurayev became much more emotionally stable. Developing new technologies is very risky and it is easy to lose everything. The Soviet Union was founded after a tragic civil war.

, it has only been 4 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, so how can there be so much money to waste. If China is willing to invest, it is not impossible for the Soviet Union to share some technologies.

In the end, high-level discussions between the leaders of Sino-Soviet trade achieved certain results, and Gulayev stated that he would submit Morrison's proposal to the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for discussion.

Morrison found nothing and had to make a key report to He Rui. China turned Sino-Soviet trade into a trade expo between the two countries. Chinese companies that were willing to participate would come to the exhibition, and Soviet companies could talk to each company.

Although Chinese private enterprises all want to make huge profits, the Soviet Union is not a rookie who can be manipulated by these companies. They bargained so aggressively that many companies simply gave up orders with low profits and high requirements.

There are even more daring companies that have resorted to shoddy tactics, trying to hide the truth and get by.

Before the Soviet Union found out, China's quality inspection found out the problem. In addition to imposing heavy fines on these illegal companies, they also canceled their sales qualifications. On the contrary, the group of Chinese companies that identified small profits but quick turnover continued to

After receiving the order, it developed rapidly. This also made Morrison more sympathetic to the Chinese government's economic policies.

Of course, Morrison also knew the risks of this kind of cooperation. If China cannot obtain the ability to complete a complete set of technologies from technical cooperation and transfer, all introductions will only waste resources. Of course, the Soviet Union also understands this, so they do this

I simply agreed to China’s suggestion.

On May 1, the regular Sino-Soviet economic and trade meeting ended. Morrison also received news that as the first batch of Anzac criminals began to be tried, the British government started making noise again, expressing its intention to launch a counterattack against Burma.

This news only made Morrison feel that the British government was in a difficult situation externally and internally. If it really had the strength to counterattack, why bother to say it first? If it were said so early, wouldn't it allow the National Defense Forces of the Republic of China in the Myanmar theater to take the lead in making preparations?

However, the news from Japan made Morrison feel that he must pay attention to it. There was a wave of public opinion in Japan about "building Japan's domestic demand market". Previously, Japan still stayed at the simple level of "land redemption is a kind of morality". Construction

Japan’s domestic domestic demand market truly touches upon the essence of Japan’s economy. Judging from China’s experience, Japan’s domestic situation has developed in the direction of something big.
Chapter completed!